This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing relationships between states, indigenous peoples and industries in the Arctic and beyond. It offers insights from Nordic countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia to present different systems of resource governance and practices of managing industry-indigenous peoples' relations in the mining industry, renewable resource development and aquaculture. Chapters cover growing international interest on Arctic natural resources, globalization of extractive industries and increasing land use conflicts. It considers issues such as equity, use of knowledge, development of company practices, conflict-solving measures and the role of indigenous institutions. Focus on Indigenous peoples and Governance triangle Multidisciplinary: political science, legal studies, sociology, administrative studies, Indigenous studies Global approach: Nordic countries, Canada, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada Thorough case studies, rich material, and analysis The book will be of great interest to legal scholars, political scientists, experts in administrative sciences, authorities at different levels (local, regional and nations), experts in human rights and natural resources governance, experts in corporate social governance.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgments
• List of abbreviations
• Chapter 1: Indigenous rights and governance theory: An introduction
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous governance
    • A turn from definitive rights
    • Turning to multilevel governance
    • Implementation gap and local variations
    • Business and human rights
  • Governance
    • Interactive governance
    • Levels
    • Discussion
  • Case studies
  • References
• Chapter 2: International law, state compliance and wind power: Gaelpie (Kalvvatnan) and beyond
  • Introduction
  • Background: interpretations of international law
  • State compliance
  • The case of Kalvvatnan power plant and the ministerial decision
    • Background and overall review
    • Consultations
    • Selected reference cases
  • Considering the case of Kalvvatnan
  • Discussion
    • De jure compliance
    • De facto compliance
    • Results of state compliance
    • State–right-holders–industry interactions
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
• Chapter 3: Reindeer husbandry vs. wind energy: Analysis of the Pauträsk and Norrbäck court decisions in Sweden
  • Introduction
  • Cases background
  • Legal background
  • Court assessments
    • Decisions of the land and environmental court (2017)
    • Decisions of the Land and Environmental Court of Appeal (2019)
  • Limits of court decisions
    • Uncertainties of court assessment
    • Balancing of national and local sustainability interests
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 4: Indigenous agency in aquaculture development in Norway and New Zealand
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous political agency
  • Indigenous agency in aquaculture development in Norway and New Zealand
  • Methods and data
  • Māori marine resource rights context in Aotearoa–New Zealand
    • Aquaculture industry development in Te Tau Ihu, Marlborough Sounds
  • Sámi marine resource rights context in Norway
    • Aquaculture industry development in Sámi areas
    • Salmon farm licensing in Porsanger Fjord, western Finnmark
  • Structural and discursive influences on Indigenous agency
    • Legal constraints on Sámi and Māori agency
    • Access to resources, information and expertise
    • Environmental protection and Indigenous development discourses
    • Discursive formation of relevant knowledge and claims
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 5: Indigenous agency through normative contestation: Defining the scope of free, prior and informed consent in the Russian North
  • Introduction
  • Agency and norms through practice of normative contestation
  • Research methodology and methods
  • The challenge of FPIC in the Russian context
  • Contestation on FPIC in the RS (Ya): a case study
    • FPIC in the RS (Ya) legal framework
    • High stakes at Nezhda
    • FPIC through the actors’ contestation “talks” and “walks”
    • OIPR as a norm enforcer
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 6: The role of the Tłı̨chǫ Comprehensive Agreement in shaping the relationship between the Tłı̨chǫ and the mining industry in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada
  • Introduction
  • Tłı̨chǫ land claims and self-government agreement
  • Tłı̨chǫ Agreement and resource governance in the Mackenzie Valley
    • Tłı̨chǫ Government’s role in resource management in the Mackenzie Valley
    • Tłı̨chǫ membership of co-management boards
    • Tłı̨chǫ participation in EA and the regulation of mines as a directly impacted stakeholder
    • Tłı̨chǫ interaction with the mining industry in preliminary screening
    • Tłı̨chǫ interaction with the mining industry during environmental assessment
    • Tłı̨chǫ Government’s role in regulatory approvals
  • Comprehensive land claims agreements, corporate social responsibility and impact benefit agreements
  • Socioeconomic impacts of IBAs and the Tłı̨chǫ Agreement on Tłı̨chǫ communities
  • Tłı̨chǫ Agreement, impact benefit agreements and the emergence of a new governance structure
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 7: The shifting state: Rolling over Indigenous rights in Ontario, Canada
  • Introduction
  • Ontario in the Treaty context
  • Ontario in the Canadian context
  • “Ring of Fire,” northern Ontario: then
  • “Ring of Fire,” northern Ontario: now
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 8: Emerging governance mechanisms in Norway: A cautionary note from the Antipodes
  • Introduction
  • What is neoliberalism?
  • Neoliberalism as a form of governance
  • Neoliberalism and Indigenous peoples
  • Agreement-making in Australia
  • Agreement-making in Sweden
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 9: Paradigm conflicts: Challenges to implementing Indigenous rights in Sápmi
  • Introduction
  • Paradigm conflicts
  • The neoliberal paradigm
    • The Indigenous paradigm
  • The Kallak mining project controversy
    • Case study
    • Neoliberal paradigm perspectives
    • Indigenous paradigm perspectives
  • The Nordic Sámi Convention: bridging the gap
    • Defining Sámi self-determination on the transnational level
  • The failings of the Nordic Sámi Convention
  • The current situation in Gállok and beyond
  • Conclusion: possibilities for compromise?
  • References
• Chapter 10: Revisiting the governance triangle in the Arctic and beyond
  • From the governance triangle to meta-governance
  • Balancing Indigenous rights, economic interests and national commitments in court
  • The role of the state in ensuring Indigenous rights in agreement-making
  • Indigenous agency in network governance
  • The state in the governance triangle
  • References
• Index